first timer here, question on mixin wmo/atf

[wdkingery]

Can you mix atf in yer wmo? I plan on addin my wmo in straight @ approximately 20% with diesel.. So my vdub has a 10 gallon tank, and i only run it down to 4 gallons, then I'll fill 2 gallons wmo and 4 straight diesel from the pump.

So Is it OK to mix about 5 gallons of atf in with my 45 gallons of wmo?

 

[gatorman21218]

Welcome. Where in Richmond do you live? I'm in ashland.

I see no problem mixing transmission oil with motor oil. In fact it might even run better. Every time I change a fuel filter I fill the new one up with ATF

 

[wmoguy]

You should be fine. How are you cleaning your WMO?

 

[blaz4wd]

Im a newbie to at this but i found out that when i put the filterd oil in the tank with the diesel. it slightly clogges the mesh pickup filter. but i have dual tanks so i just switched the tanks back and forth till it sucked it threw.. I plan on mixing it be4 I put the next batch in.

 

[wmoguy]

Im a newbie to at this but i found out that when i put the filterd oil in the tank with the diesel. it slightly clogges the mesh pickup filter. but i have dual tanks so i just switched the tanks back and forth till it sucked it threw.. I plan on mixing it be4 I put the next batch in.

Something else is causing the problem or your oil is not clean.

 

[wdkingery]

Chesterfield County.. Dude I'll have to come by and check yer filter situation out!

To filter, I'm running a "preliminary " cut off and sewn up jeans leg into a 55 gallon drum, then thru a 1 micron bag filter. Turns out the jeans leg is takin forever! Must be a 5 micron pair of jeans!

Edit: jeans filter is about 25 minutes per gallon.

Turns out I must have gotten bad quality wmo.. The goat vomit clogged my jeans filter up after just 10 gallons. First batch looks like it's gonna be a failure

 

[gunz]

have you guys tried thinning the WMO with diesel before you filter it to make it filter faster? thats what i do, Seems to be working fine, I was taking about 20 minutes to filter a gallon. Now i can add some diesel and it filters much quicker. I dont run straight WMO anyway, just mixing prior to filtering instead of after filtering.

 

[wmoguy]

have you guys tried thinning the WMO with diesel before you filter it to make it filter faster? thats what i do, Seems to be working fine, I was taking about 20 minutes to filter a gallon. Now i can add some diesel and it filters much quicker. I dont run straight WMO anyway, just mixing prior to filtering instead of after filtering.

Yes Id ALWAYS recommend mixing before filtering/fuging. Try Kerosene vs. Diesel. It's much drier and will get you closer to the right viscosity as compared to Diesel

 

[gunz]

A large percentage of my Diesel is actually Jet fuel. its VERY dry. thins the oil out nicely. I run 2 gallons of WMO to 3 gallons fo JET when i can get it. Sometimes i used diesel. great point tho, Just kerosene is not readily available in the deep south.

 

[blaz4wd]

Something else is causing the problem or your oil is not clean.

what happens is that the fuel filter light will come on for a short bit and try to stall the motor after a few miles and switching it back and forth between the two tanks it doest have the prob any more. For filtering I runn it threw a five gal 100 micron bucket strainer then gravity filter threw 25 micron,10 micron,and 1 micron filter into a 35 gal plastic drum. I just thought it was suckin straight oil in the lines for a few sec. but now I have been adding the kerro and diesel in the drum and mixing. Mixed 12 gal diesel,10 gal wmo, 2 gal kerro, 1 gal 2 cyl mixed gas. Plus what ever is in the fuel tank thats left over.

 

[wmoguy]

what happens is that the fuel filter light will come on for a short bit and try to stall the motor after a few miles and switching it back and forth between the two tanks it doest have the prob any more. For filtering I runn it threw a five gal 100 micron bucket strainer then gravity filter threw 25 micron,10 micron,and 1 micron filter into a 35 gal plastic drum. I just thought it was suckin straight oil in the lines for a few sec. but now I have been adding the kerro and diesel in the drum and mixing. Mixed 12 gal diesel,10 gal wmo, 2 gal kerro, 1 gal 2 cyl mixed gas. Plus what ever is in the fuel tank thats left over.

How's your lift pump? Try and get a fuel pressure gauge on your filter head and see what you have.